CENTRAL AMERICA: Rest in Peace

In Washington's white-marbled Pan
American Union building last week, frock-coated representatives of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica squiggled their signatures on a treaty of
friendship. The treaty ended ten weeks of bickering over the invasion
of Costa Rica from Nicaragua; it also symbolized the eclipse of the
Caribbean Legion. In Nicaragua, Dictator "Tacho" Somoza celebrated the
occasion by knocking off work on his sugar refinery (the country's
largest) now abuilding on his Pacific coast barony at Montelimar.

Tacho cocked a stained canvas hat over one eye and bellowed: "Yeah, we
signed a treaty...